Consumer Staples

Companies whose core business is producing or selling food, beverages, household and personal care products, and other everyday goods consumers buy regardless of economic conditions, including packaged food and beverage makers, household and personal product manufacturers, agricultural cooperatives, and large format staples retailers. Belongs here: any company whose primary product is a routinely repurchased consumer necessity. Does not belong here: companies selling non-essential, discretionary consumer goods such as automobiles, apparel or consumer electronics, grouped under Consumer Discretionary.